Recommended Reading!
Over the years I have been fortunate enough to read many books related to anxiety, psychology, healing, mindfulness, mind body medicine etc. Below are a sample of some of the books that I really enjoyed and would recommend. I have starred books that are my personal favorites and helped me most on my healing journey.
Taking the Leap-Pema Chodron
Wherever You Go, There You Are- Kabat Zinn
*Man’s Search for Meaning- Victor Frankl
The Last Lecture-Randy Pausch
*Back Sense-Ron siegel
*Mind Over Medicine- Lissa Rankin
*Living with your Heart Wide Open-Bob Stahl
Forest Bathing-Wing Li
Active Hope-Joanna Macy
Spontaneous Happiness-Andrew Weil
Present Perfect-Pavel Somov
*Beyond Orgasm; Let me count the Ways; Sexual Intelligence- Marty Klein
The Perfectionists Handbook- Jeff Szymanski
Living in the light of death- Larry Rosenberg
The man who couldn’t stop- David Adam
*Cured- Jeffrey Rediger
The experience of insight- Joseph Goldstein
*Freedom from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- Jonathan Grayson
Obsessive Compulsive Disorders- Fred Penzel
Reconciliation; Peace is Every Step-Thich Nhat Hanh
*The Mindful way through Depression-John TIsdale
*Radical Acceptance; True Refuge; Radical Compassion- Tara Brach
Dipa Ma- The life and legacy of a Buddhist Master- Amy Schmidt
The Four agreements – Don miguel ruiz
Have a little Faith-Mitch Albom
*When the Body says No- Gabor Mate
*Calming the Rush of Panic- Bob Stahl
The Mindful Path through Shyness-Steve Flowers
Rediscovering Life; The way to love-Anthony De Melo
A mind of your Own; Own Your Self- Kelly Brogan
*Daring Greatly; The Gifts of Imperfection; Rising Strong; Braving the Wilderness-Brene Brown
Your Body Knows the Answer-David Rome
Healing Trauma-Peter Levine
*The Pleasure Trap – Douglas Lisle
The Food Revolution -John Robbins
So Good they can’t Ignore you =Cal Newport
The Starch solution-John mcdougall
*Sex at Dawn; Civilized to Death- Chris Ryan
The Buddha before Buddhism- Gil Fransdal
From Root to Bloom – Danna Faulds
*The Craving Mind- Jud Brewer
Say What you Mean -Oren J Sofer
*The Joy of living; In love with the World; Joyful Wisdom- Mingyur Rinpoche
A Fierce Heart-Spring Washam
Love letter to the Earth; Living Buddha Living Christ- Thich Nhat Hanh
*Truth in Dating, Getting Real- Susan Campbell
Nurturing resilience- Kathy Kain
*Awake in the wild-Mark Coleman
*Running on Empty- Jonice Webb
*How to change your mind- Michael Pollen
Breath – James Nestor
Adult children of emotionally immature parents
The truth- Neil Strauss
Not Nice-Aziz Gaziputa
The Trauma of Everyday Life- Mark Epstein
Permission to Feel- Marc Brackett
The Ultramind Solution- Mark Hyman
The Depression Cure- Stephen Ilardi
Here are some other random personal favorites:
A short history of progress- Ronald Wright
The Soul of Iran-Afshin Molavi
*Vagabonding- Rolf Potts
Born to Run -Christopher Mcdougall
*Rooftops of Tehran-Mahbod Seraji
Rumi-The book of Love-Coleman Barks
The Spell of the Sensuous; Becoming Animal- David Abram
A Series of Unfortunate Events-Lemony Snicket
*Beyond Words-Carl Safina
The Once and Future World-JB Mackinnon
Eragon; Eldest- Christopher Paolini
The Jesuit Guide to Almost Everything; Between Heaven and Mirth- James Martin
Models; The subtle art of not giving a fuck- Mark Manson
The Year that Changed the World- Michael Meyer
*Naomi Klein- This changes everything
*Harry potter- all books – JK Rowling
Full planet empty plates-lester brown
Greening the self-Joanna Macey
*The Ascent of humanity -Charles Eisenstein
What’s the Economy for Anyway?- John de Graaf
Enough is Enough – Rob Deitz
*Alain De Botton- The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work; The Art of Travel; Status Anxiety; How Proust Can Change your Life; The Consultations of Philosophy
Supply shock – Brain Czech
Spiritual ecology – The Cry of the Earth llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Food choice and sustainability- Richard Oppenlander
Ten Billion- Stephen Emmott.
*Comfortably Unaware – Richard Oppenlander
*The China Study- T colin Campbell
*The Sixth Extinction- Elizabeth Kolbert
Little Princes – Connor Grennan
*Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
On the Road- Jack Kerouac
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man-John Perkins
The Day the World Came to Town -9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland- Jim Defede
*In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin- Erik Larson
The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs-Bill Jenkinson
*Carrying the Fire- An Astronaut’s Journeys-Michael Collins
*A long Walk To Freedom- Nelson Mandela
*What we Think about when we try not to think about Global Warming- Per Espen Stoknes
Ecopsychology- Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind
Ecotherapy: Healing with nature in Mind- Linda Buzzell, Craig Chalquist
